Using Tkinter and Other Graphical Applications on Bowie

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When Running Tkinter on Bowie there are some steps one must complete before using the Package.

Tkinter for Mac Users

Tkinter is an X11 application thus one must:

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• Ensure Xquartz is installed on your machine and open the Xquartz terminal you will run all the following commands here.
• Open the Tkinter terminal and type: xhost + (this relaxed the security of your system and opens it up for X11 forwarding)
• SSH onto Bowie(tools) with the -Y option (this will allow for X11 Forwarding): ssh -Y <username>@bowie.cs.earlham.edu
• Load a python environment, preferably one that is a newer version of python. It is not promised that tkinter will work for versions below 2.7: module load python/3.9
• Create your python script do not name your script "tkinter.py"
• At the top of the script type from Tkinter import *

Below is some test code to ensure everything is working. Create a python file in your terminal type in the script and run it: python3 <file name> from tkinter import *
window = Tk()
window.title("Welcome to My Tkinter app")
lbl = Label(window, text="Hello")
lbl.grid(column=0, row=0)
window.mainloop()


Personal Machine

• Load a python environment, preferably one that is a newer version of python. It is not promised that tkinter will work for versions below 2.7: module load python/3.9
• Create your python script do not name your script "tkinter.py"
• At the top of the script type from Tkinter import *

A small window should appear on your computer named "Welcome to My Tkinter app" with the text "Hello" written inside the window.

Tkinter for Windows Users

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No other application for Windows is needed you can run the commands below as is:

• In your Ubuntu terminal SSH onto Bowie(tools) with the -Y option: ssh -Y <username>@bowie.cs.earlham.edu
• Load a python environment, preferably one that is a newer version of python it is not promised that tkinter will work for versions below 2.7: module load python/3.9
• Create your python script do not name your script "tkinter.py"
• At the top of the script type from tkinter import *

Below is some test code to ensure everything is working. Create a python file in your terminal type in the script and run it: python3 <file name>


from tkinter import *
window = Tk()
window.title("Welcome to My Tkinter app")
lbl = Label(window, text="Hello")
lbl.grid(column=0, row=0)
window.mainloop()


A small window should appear on your computer named "Welcome to My Tkinter app" with the text "Hello" written inside the window.

Personal Machine

• Load a python environment, preferably one that is a newer version of python. It is not promised that tkinter will work for versions below 2.7: module load python/3.9
• Create your python script do not name your script "tkinter.py"
• At the top of the script type from Tkinter import *

Issues

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